Dubai: Yemen's Houthi rebels launched drone attacks on the world's largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia and a major oil field Saturday, sparking huge fires and halting about half of the supplies from the world's largest exporter of oil....

New Delhi: As Pakistan scales up its efforts to push terrorists across the Line of Control (LoC) into Jammu and Kashmir, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international watchdog on terror activities, is watching. The FATF, which has already...

Washington: US President Donald Trump said a mutual defence treaty with Israel is under consideration, which would strengthen US defence ties with the Middle East country. Trump tweeted Saturday that he had a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

Twin City Police Commissioner Sudhanshu Sarangi, soon after taking charge, is now leading the police to implement the recently introduced Motor Vehicles Amendment Act in his jurisdiction. After the initial struggles faced by the departments in its rollout, the top cop speaks...

Bhubaneswar: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Saturday inaugurated smart classrooms for nine Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) in the state which could ensure connecting the classrooms with internet and other smart technologies. This has paved way for opening up...

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in an interview with Al Jazeera, said that Pakistan could lose in a conventional war with India, and then “there could be consequences”. He insisted that Islamabad will never start a nuclear war and he is “anti-war.” “But I am clear that when two nuclear...

New Delhi: India said Sunday that Pakistan has resorted to more than 2,050 unprovoked ceasefire violations so far this year in which 21 Indians have been killed, amid reports that Pakistan was moving additional forces to the border with India. In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson said that India has repeatedly called upon Pakistan to adhere to the 2003 ceasefire understanding and maintain peace and tranquility along the...

Chennai: Opposing Home Minister Amit Shah’s pitch for Hindi as the nation’s common language, AIADMK Saturday cautioned against its ‘imposition’ while the DMK demanded that he withdraw his view, since it would “infringe national integrity.” After Shah said Hindi is the most spoken language which can unite the nation as a common language, Tamil Nadu parties rallied against it. AIADMK leader and Tamil culture Minister K Pandiarajan said: “if the Centre...

New Delhi: With GDP growth sliding to a six-year low of 5 per cent in the April-June quarter along with several sectors facing a slowdown, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday announced a fresh set of measures worth around Rs 60,000 crore to boost exports and the housing sector. The key measures include extending the scheme of reimbursement of taxes and duties for export promotion, fully automated electronic refund for Input Tax...

Washington: US President Donald Trump Saturday confirmed that Hamza bin Laden, son of terror group al Qaeda's founder Osama bin Laden, was killed in an American counter-terrorism operation in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region. "Hamza bin Laden, the high-ranking al-Qaeda member and son of Osama bin Ladin, was killed in a United States counterterrorism operation in the Afghanistan/ Pakistan region,” Trump said in a statement. However, the US President did not specify the...

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Rasgovindpur: A lecturer of a college in Mayurbhanj district was arrested Saturday on charges of misbehaving with a tribal girl student at Rasgovindpur block here. The accused has been identified as Siba Prasad Khatual, lecturer of education department of the college. In her complaint, the girl alleged that the lecturer misbehaved with her during a class Thursday....

Ayodhya: Senior BJP leader Subramanium Swamy has claimed that the construction of the grand Ram temple in Ayodhya will commence by November. He also stated that the decision of the Supreme Court, which is hearing the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit, will be in favour of the Ram temple. Swamy, who was in Ayodhya on a two-day...

Mumbai: Celebrated author Paulo Coelho has recommended ‘Sacred Games’ to his Twitter followers and lauded actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui's work in the Netflix India Original series. Coelho Saturday took to the microblogging site where he shared the link to the show, which also stars Saif Ali Khan. "One of the best series on Netflix, with the great actor...

Mumbai: Acclaimed Hollywood filmmaker Christopher Nolan, along with actor Robert Pattinson, is in the city to shoot for their upcoming action epic ‘Tenet’. The director-actor duo arrived in Mumbai Saturday. According to photographs surfaced on social media, Nolan was spotted at the airport. Pattinson also obliged a fan with a selfie on his arrival. Though the shooting...

Leuven (Belgium): Rising Indian shuttler and former junior World No. 1 Lakshya Sen stunned second seed Victor Svendsen of Denmark in straight games to clinch the men’s singles title at the Belgian International Challenge badminton tournament here, Saturday. Lakshya Sen was at his best as he notched up a comfortable 21-14, 21-15 win over Svendsen in the...

Ballia: An Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA has warned West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to mend her ways or get ready to meet the same fate as former finance minister P Chidambaram who is currently lodged in jail. The MLA from Bairia Assembly constituency Surendra Singh said the Trinamool Congress supremo should ‘become the Prime Minister of...

New Delhi: Returning from an injury lay-off, India’s leading doubles pairing of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy is eyeing a consistent run to break into the top five and seal a spot for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The Indian duo had broken into the top 10 last month after their historic feat of becoming the first Indian...

New Delhi: India said Sunday that Pakistan has resorted to more than 2,050 unprovoked ceasefire violations so far this year in which 21 Indians have been killed, amid reports that Pakistan was moving additional forces to the border with India. In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson said that India has repeatedly called upon Pakistan...

Islamabad: A planned march by some political and religious parties in Pakistan towards the Line of Control with India has been postponed after Prime Minister Imran Khan asked them to postpone it till his address at the UN General Assembly September 27 during which he is expected to raise the Kashmir issue. Pakistani media reported that that...

Angul: Angul police Saturday arrested the former manager of a bank here for his alleged involvement in a case where Rs 59 lakh was siphoned off from one of the official bank accounts of Angul collector, police said. He was subsequently produced in the court the same day. According to Angul superintendent of police (SP) Jagmohan Meena,...